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An Independent View

Consumer protection in the financial sector

PRESIDENT Ferdinand E. Marcos Jr. has said he would take action to improve consumer protection. In particular, I believe, that more needs to be...

Macroeconomics

RECENT events in Sri Lanka have shown that disasters can and will happen if a government is neglectful about its economic fundamentals. The Philippines is...

Australia fair

LAST Wednesday’s PN contained an interesting piece about the visit of Australian Embassy’s Deputy Head of Mission, Richard Sisson. It is good when Embassy officials...

K-12 review, Part 2

LAST week, I wrote about some consequences arising from BBM’s instruction to his Vice-President and Secretary of the Department of Education, Sara Duterte to...

K-12 review

YIKES! I did not see that coming. The recent instruction from the incoming president BBM to his Vice President and DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte-Carpio to “review”...

Consumer protection

MY JUNE electricity bill arrived last weekend. I live in Bacolod City whose electricity is supplied by the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO). The...

Education under Sara, Part 3

OUR education system does not fare well in comparison with other countries. I believe that we should endeavor to improve education standards from the...

Public-private partnerships

THE ECONOMIC response to the pandemic has been to persevere with the ‘Build Build Build’ program. Quite right. Not to do so would mean...

Education under Sara, Part 2

I AM A FAN of the 1987 Constitution and am pleased that it has lasted 35 years. Article XIV which deals with education is...

Education under Sara

IT IS HIGH time that we have an education system administered by someone who is given a mandate by the electorate. Sara Duterte, who...